On 15/07/2010 20:18, Graham Jones wrote:
On 15/07/2010 20:05, NT wrote:
On Jul 15, 7:57 pm, Graham wrote:
Hello,

Is it normal for exterior brickwork to have tiny cracks in the bricks.
Quite a few of my bricks have these tiny cracks about an inch long and
less that 1mm wide. The house is about 45 years old.

Is this just what happens to aged bricks?

Sorry if this is a daft question but I have nothing else to worry about
tonight!

Thanks,

Graham

No, this doesnt just happen to bricks. Sounds like structural
movement. It takes a lot more than 1mm before anything has to be done,
but of course investigating now may prevent things worsening to that
point. Prepare to be caned by your insurance.


NT

Hello,

Are you sure about this? I would say that 1 in 10 of all the bricks have
these tiny cracks. This is uniformly over the whole house. There are no
other signs of problems, no zig zag cracks between bricks in the mortar.

The mortar by the way if very strong, looks like a sharp sand mix to me.


Graham

Looking at my neighbours house I can see the same on his bricks as well.